The AGO’s David Bowie Is has sold out its opening night tickets, but there’s still hope — if you’re willing to get dressed up

If you’ve been looking for an excuse to dress like David Bowie — not that you really need one, honestly — now’s your chance: The Art Gallery of Ontario will be providing free admittance to the first 200 people who show up between 6 and 8:30 p.m. dressed like the glam rock icon on Wednesday night, in celebration of its new exhibit, David Bowie Is.

In fact, dressing up as Bowie is the only way to score tickets to the exhibit’s opening night: Tickets to the Sept. 25 viewing of David Bowie Is are sold out.

Professional Bowie impersonators will join the crowd of fan lookalikes for the evenings festivities.

The wardrobe of the style chameleon will be among the items on display when the touring Bowie exhibit makes its North American debut in Toronto. Five decades of the icon’s history will also be represented by instruments, lyrics and hand-written set lists.

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